I just can't believe that I can fit into a size 10.  You know, people weren't kidding when they say that it takes a while to adapt to not seeing yourself the same way that you did before. I have lost over 100 pounds, but I still see myself looking the same way.  Then I will try on a pair of pants, but in my mind, I think that there is no way that they will fit because they look so small, and they do fit.  It's kinda cool, but kinda sad at the same time, because I feel like I can't really enjoy the weight loss yet.  I think I need to start coming on here more often, so I can talk to folks that are in the same boat, so to speak.  On the plus side, I am less than 2 pounds away from weighing under 200 pounds for the first time since I was like in the 7th grade.  Crazy, isn't it? I don't have a weight goal in mind, because I think that the one good thing that has come of this is that I am not obsessed with numbers on the scale any more.  Isn't that great?  I never thought that I could say that.  I am more focused on how I feel, and the fact that I have more energy than ever, and that I CAN do all of the things that I wanted to do in the past.  Oh, and I DO look good in a sun dress..haha!

Love you all... thanks for the support!

Hi Lisa, Thanks for your comments. I'm going to see my surgeon at the University of Illinois Medical Center this Friday. I'm going to tell him what my doctor is doing and ask for help. I'd rather drive to Chicago and get excellent medical help then put up with my country doctor's ego. Everything else in my life is going great. It's weird that my family doctor is screwing things up for me. I don't need this unneccesary drama.

How is planning for you move to Chicago going? Where will your new job be located? Do you know what neighborhoods you'd like to move too. I have a couple of girlfriends from school who might be able to suggest some good places for you to consider. I can ask them if you'd like. Chicago is going to be so different from LA for you. Buy some long johns, you'll need them next winter. (just kidding) (kind of) It can get really cold and snowy here. Have you ever experienced snow?

Yeah Laura..
I feel ya... my DOC gave me problems in the beginning in signing for approval for the surgery took him 6 mos. to sign.. since I have a HMO... He was saying stuff like you gonna have skin hanging everywhere.. and you are not gonna lose a lot of weight.. He even told me that he would put on the new insulin regimen which helps you lose weight.. ARE YOU NUTS!! I went three mos. ago for check-up all the nurses said I looked good, and were amazed at the weight loss and they did my blood pressure it was 120/ 81 he said that he would have to increase my blood pressure pill.. WHAT THE HECK?? 120/80 is a perfect blood pressure I was consider high normal at 120/81... the DOC get paid by the medicine companies by getting you on medicine that you will be stuck on for the rest of your life making them & DOC rich... I had to stop taking the blood pressure medicine because my pressure dropped to low I no longer needed.. so how can he be made at the surgery working.. it all politics.. they want you sick to stick to you on medicine for life.. The last visit last month he didn't even remember me.. and I no longer have to be weighted on special scale for overweight people.. and he's wrong on the loss SKIN. if you work out it wont be soo loose.  Theu will be alright I feel that there is always a alternative to the negative.

Have a nice night Laura

 I'm right there with you!  But my body is still changing.  I can wear smaller clothes, shoes and jewelry than I could 2 months ago.

I KNOW some of the things that is slowing me down.  I don't get enough exercise, I don't get enough water, I tend to do too much processed food (SF stuff and protein shakes too!)...I don't think this has totally stopped my weight loss, but I do think it has slowed it.

So I'm going to plain water and less crystal light.  Working to have more real food and less short cut food and exercise must become a higher priority for me if I want to make my goal weight.

But I am also accepting where I am and fret less over what the scales say.  I am healthier!  I can buy regular clothes.  I fit in seats everywhere!  I have a better quality of life... 

If you are not keeping a food journal, I'd encourage you to go back to that and go back to the basics.  Hang in there!  You have done well!!!  

I am going through a very strange experience. My old family doctor is very resentful of my WLS surgeon.

I was shocked yesterday day (I didn't let him know), but he was referring to my WLS surgeon as "God's Gift to Mankind" in a derogatory manner. He is obviously resentful of my admiration of my surgeon. To be honest, my surgeon has been a lot more attentive to my needs then my family doctor ever has been. His punishment to me is to reduce my pain medication, which I have been taking for 10+ years. I have a blood clotting disorder and take coumadin, so I'm limited in what pain meds I can take.

My family doctor told me that since I lost weight, I don't need to take as much pain medicine. However, my arthritis, back, and vein pain has not changed. What was once under control and manageable is now causing me major discomfort and making it unable for me to sleep for more than 4 hrs. per night.

Has anyone else had issues with their family doctor since their weight loss?